"selling the family silver"
han netojat ja els graffits del raval. 7.000€ / 1.500m2. es més barat netojar graffits que es comprar la tinta.
For five years I have lived in the cuidad vella, had the privelage of seeing so much "civic" and "incivic" behaviour, five Pesebres, black ribbons, white flags, senyeras, & I have learnt the difference between "civic" & "incivic". I don't know how many noisy butanos I have gladly had the money to buy. I don't know how many times simply by hanging a sheet with "No to War!" from my balcony I was being "civic". I don't know how many times I wanted to hear music the first art upon the street, all I know is that busking became "incivic". I don't know how many times I have heard people from far away say "there are no public toilets". I never played the drums but I gladly followed them with millions worldwide learning the place of samba in protest, but they took them away from the park. I don't know how many times I wondered -
Perqué venden els pobres els butanoooos i els birras?
I don't know how many times I drank, washed my face and hand from a public fountain, secure in the knowledge that the wisdom of my ancestors .:. decreed "Water is Free".
I suppose i've seen enough people of the Raval use those fountains to wash. They are very clean people obviously.
I do know, sí jo sé una cosa, q visc en las cosas jo. That on five ocassions I have been asked in either english or french to phone the mossos over a house related crime, by the house owner, in each and every time a "newly arrived property owner".
And not one time did "els mossos [i generalitat] {i ajuntament} arrive. Yet they are the only "house owners" I know.
Clar. Clar com aigüe.
Volen vendre la cuitat.
They want to sell the family silver.
How much is the gold pesebre worth?